Guest: James Bond Director John Glen talks about LICENCE TO KILL

LICENCE TO KILL

UK/Mexico/USA 1989. Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi. 133 mins. 35mm. Original version.

When Bond finds out about the murder of his friend Felix Leiter’s wife, he begins an uncompromising vendetta against M’s will – without the license to kill.

LICENCE TO KILL, the last film in the James Bond series to be shot during the Cold War, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. On this occassion, the DFF and the James Bond Club Germany are excited to welcome director John Glen, who directed four other Bond films (including OCTOPUSSY, GB 1983) and was the editor of numerous other Bond films. Glen started his career as an assistant editor for Carol Reed’s classic THE THIRD MAN (GB 1949).

Before the screening, Ellen Harrington (Director of DFF) will speak with John Glen.